ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,642, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to SUGINO MACHINE Ltd. (Toyama Prefecture, Japan).

"Tool bracket, deburring tool with tool bracket, and deburring method" was invented by Yusuke Yanagihara (Namerikawa, Japan), Akihiro Ishitani (Namerikawa, Japan) and Mitsuru Muto (Namerikawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a tool bracket capable of tilting a spindle body even when a moment load acting on the spindle body is relatively small. A tool bracket includes: a housing including a cylinder chamber extending along a cylinder axis; a piston urged by compressible fluid toward distal end to reciprocate in the cylinder chamber...